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PEOPLE vs Rolando Atienza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLANDO ATIENZA Y BAUTISTA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131820 | 2000-02-29

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

ROLANDO ATIENZA Y BAUTISTA was charged before the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Camarines Sur, with having raped through force and intimidation one Maria Theresa Obias y Rañola, a 13-year old minor. He was thereafter sentenced to reclusion perpetua and ordered to pay the private offended party P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and to pay the costs.1 [Decision penned by Judge Alfredo A. Cabral, RTC-Br. 30, San Jose, Camarines Sur; Rollo, pp. 17-29.]

These are the facts on which the Decision was based: Complaining witness Maria Theresa Obias was alone in the room which her family was renting at Rizal...